scholarly journals School Governance, Accountability and Performance Management

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela M. Salvioni ◽  
Raffaella Cassano
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
School System ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Accountability System ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
And Performance

Limited resources, recent reforms of educational system that impose rapid changes in the governance system, high demand for managerial skill and operational autonomy, impose the capability to optimize performance, transparency of behaviour, dialogue with stakeholder to grow results in the school system. It therefore draws attention to the importance of activate long-term positive relations between schools, students, families, governmental authority and other structures of public Administration to improve quality and performance in school management. So is critical an effectiveness accountability system as starting point to develop the quality of relations between the schools and their stakeholders. In this regard, this article proposes the Network Governance as lever to improve an effectiveness stakeholder engagement and to optimize performance in the School System. This study represents a dissertation that aims to raise awareness about the cycle of performance management in schools and for the optimization of the use of public resources.

scholarly journals Corporate Governance Role in Improving the Financial Information Quality within the Saudi Electricity Company: دور حوكمة الشركات في تحسين جودة المعلومات المحاسبة في الشركة السعودية للكهرباء

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arwa Hassan Baabbad
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Governance System ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Right ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact

The present study aimed to find out the role of corporate governance in improving the quality of information in the Saudi Electricity Company. The researcher used the descriptive survey methodology. As to achieve the study objectives، the researcher utilized the questionnaire tool، in which the study sample (50) members of SEC distributed into employees، managers and decision makers. The study concluded to many results، among of which are: there is a statistically significant relationship between the availability of corporate governance system and performance improvement of the Saudi Electricity Company، there is a statistically significant relationship between corporate governance and appropriateness in improving the performance of the Saudi Electricity Company، it was also found that there is a statistically significant relationship between corporate governance and optimal disclosure in improving the performance of Saudi Electricity Company. The study also found that there is a statistically significant relationship between corporate governance and the right timing in improving the performance of the Saudi Electricity Company. The study suggested number of recommendations، among of which are: the importance of the shareholding companies to comply with the corporate governance regulations considering the interest of companies and their shareholders and all other parties benefiting from the financial statements، attempting to take advantage of the multiple benefits of corporate governance and expand its application in the various economic units in Saudi Arabia، conduct studies on companies that applies the requirement of the Corporate Governance Regulations، and the impact of the application of corporate governance on the shares of these units to find out the relationship between the quality of accounting information in light of the application of corporate governance and the stock market from another angle، imposing deterrent penalties concerning the Corporate Governance Regulations on companies that did not apply this regulation.

scholarly journals SOIL MANAGEMENT IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT: TODAY AND FUTURE

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
Bogdan Stanescu ◽  
Adriana Cuciureanu
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Soil Protection ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Residential Areas

The present article presents the expertise realized by the Department of Environmental Monitoring Pollution Evaluation within the INCD ECOIND, in the evaluation of the quality of urban soils in the municipality of Bucharest and the main big cities in Romania. The current data available at the level of the 27 member states of the European Union show that annually over 100,000 hectares of land are introduced into the urban environment, a direct consequence of the development of cities. There are a number of legislative obstacles to strategic soil protection measures. Moreover, at the level of the local authorities there is a conflict regarding the measures of soil protection in the long term, on the one hand, and, the accelerated economic development in the short term, on the other. European environmental experts consider that the urban development, absolutely necessary for the economic growth, requires an adequate management of the natural resources in order for the development to be done on a sustainable basis, respectively to follow a series of strategic objectives. In our country, at least in the last decade, we find on a large scale the conversion of industrial areas into commercial or residential areas. The footprint of industrial activities can be found even after long periods of time present by identifying the remnant of soil pollution or in those areas known as historically polluted (for example the town of Copsa Mica). The conclusions stemming from the assessment of pollution in urban areas over large areas, in correlation with the potential sources of pollution, underline the need to monitor the quality of soils in the urban environment, but also to apply a performance management in order to protect this natural resource in the long term.

The New Technocracy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Esmark
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Clear Sign ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Governance Risk

Setting a new benchmark for studies of technocracy, the book shows that a solution to the challenge of populism will depend as much on a technocratic retreat as democratic innovation. Esmark examines the development since the 1980s of a new 'post-industrial' technocratic regime and its complicity in the populist backlash against politics and political elites that is visible today. The new technocracy – a combination of network governance, risk management and performance management – has, the author argues, abandoned the overtly anti-democratic sentiments of its industrial predecessor and proclaimed a new partnership with democracy. The rise of populism, however, is a clear sign that the inherent problems of this partnership have been exposed and that technocracy posing as democracy will only serve to exacerbate existing problems.

scholarly journals Policing as a performing art? The contradictory nature of contemporary police performance management

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques de Maillard ◽  
Stephen P Savage
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Police Performance ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
Internal Procedures ◽  
Long Term Performance ◽  
Term Performance ◽  
Performing Art

Performance management in criminal justice organizations has become a prominent issue in many countries and has faced increasing criticisms by scholars and practitioners. In this regard it is important to examine empirically how performance frameworks work concretely. We do so through the empirical examination of ‘performance regimes’, that is, the sets of performance indicators, internal procedures, instruments and processes of internal accountability through which performance is defined, assessed and monitored work in police organizations. By using the categories of traditional (target-based, top–down and short-term) and advanced (processes, more deliberative and creative and long-term) performance regimes, we have charted a process of evolution illustrated by the experience of two police forces in England. We argue that police performance management is a contradictory and hybrid process containing elements of both traditional and advanced regimes and in constant flux between them. Problem-solving and a focus on the quality of processes coexist with cascading pressures, an emphasis on numerical targets and other features of more traditional regimes.

“Adaptative” User Interface for Expert Knowledge Validation and Evaluations Interpretation in an Asset Management Process

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hai¨k ◽  
S. Parfouru ◽  
C. Bauby ◽  
S. Mahe
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Technical Management ◽  
Base Content ◽  
Maintenance Policies ◽  
And Performance

The long term management of a production asset raises several major issues among which rank the technical management of the plant, its economics and the fleet level perspective one has to adopt. Decision makers are therefore faced with the need to define long term policies (up to the end of asset operation) which take into account multiple criteria including safety (which is paramount) and performance. In this paper we first remind the reader of the EDF three-level methodology for asset management. We then focus on the knowledge model and on the software tools that implement this methodology in order to gather, preserve, share, maintain and exploit the expert knowledge needed for asset management and to allow decision makers to define, evaluate and analyze long term plant operation and maintenance policies. Lastly, as the quality of the processed plant level evaluations (operation & maintenance strategies are evaluated, at a plantlevel, through a set of technical and economic indicators) and their interpretation relies on the quality of the knowledge captured in the tools, we focus on the definition of a “adaptative” user interface — based on Electronic Structured Documents — that allows technical/strategic experts and decision makers to consult the useful pieces of knowledge in a context dependent way. Such an interface, which, in a near future, should be fully implemented in the tools will facilitate the validation of the knowledge-base content and the analysis of the processed results.

Metrics, Targets and Performance

2006 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 80-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Andrew Stevens ◽  
Lucy Stokes ◽  
Mary O'Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Acute Hospital ◽  
Performance Management System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Productivity Measure ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Uk

The setting and use of targets in the public sector has generated a growing amount of interest in the UK. This has occurred at a time when more analysts and policymakers are grasping the nettle of measuring performance in and of the public sector. We outline a typology of performance indicators and a set of desiderata. We compare the outcome of a performance management system — star ratings for acute hospital trusts in England — with a productivity measure analogous to those used in the analysis of the private sector. We find that the two are almost entirely unrelated. Although this may be the case for entirely proper reasons, it does raise questions as to the appropriateness of such indicators of performance, particularly over the long term.

scholarly journals Exploration Strategy Development and Performance Management: a Portfolio-based Approach

GeoArabia ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-570
Author(s):  
Michael A. Naylor ◽  
Laurent Y. Spring
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Petroleum Development

ABSTRACT In Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the exploration opportunity portfolio is managed by a dedicated team responsible for its integrity and analysis. The team uses a customized suite of tools for volumetric and economic assessment that has been developed since 1997. In addition to their application in quality control, regular performance monitoring and reporting, the tools are used to determine annual finding targets and formulate exploration strategies. The portfolio management process in PDO has made a major contribution to the quality of prospects that are selected for drilling. Thanks to new evaluation processes and a robust suite of tools, the company has a better understanding of the composition and quality of the prospect portfolio, and is explicitly aware of the challenges and issues facing exploration. Portfolio management tools enable objective target setting and communication, thereby achieving shared ownership. The clarity brought by portfolio analyses provides a powerful focus to the asset teams’ efforts to improve prospect quality. PDO is also able to quantify the consequences of changing activity levels and balance in the program, and of the limitations imposed by the portfolio. These provide the basis for ongoing dialogue with shareholders and justify the strategy shift towards frontier exploration enacted since 1998. Exploration in PDO has shifted from being opportunity-driven to being led by a portfolio-based strategy. A similar approach may be suited to other exploration ventures with sizeable portfolios.

scholarly journals THE PROCESS APPROACH IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A MULTI-HOSPITAL, AS A TOOL IMPROVE ITS EFFICIENCY

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 84-93
Author(s):  
V N Filatov ◽  
I I Khayrullin ◽  
F N Kadyrov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Medical Organisation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
A Chain

In view of the increasing demands from stakeholders (patients, management, insurance companies, media, etc.) to ensure the quality of health care and the implementation of the program of state guarantees in the current difficult conditions of increasing importance is the efficient and performance management of medical organisation (MO). As part of these requirements has been widely discussed question of the necessity of building a system of quality management MO. Practical experience shows that building a systematic approach to quality management depends primarily on the availability of managerial competencies for managers and heads of departments MO, as well as their level of motivation, or resistance to organizational change. One of the tested and proved to be a reliable tool in the management of the quality of medical practice is a process approach. With this management tool, it is possible to present the activities of MO as a chain of interrelated processes. It defines the criteria for the quality of the product, the necessary resource and regulatory support, introduces the institute of internal and external customer, which ultimately has a positive effect on the performance indicators and efficiency MO.

The uses of wood: long term prospects

1975 ◽  
Vol 271 (911) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Keyword(s):  
New Products ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Suitable Material ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Wooden Products

The longer term prospects for the use of wood depend upon the continued availability of suitable material and the ability of wood products to compete in cost and performance with comparable products made from other materials. The availability of both hardwoods and softwoods is considered against a background of a world usage which is rising at just under 2 % per annum and the conclusion is reached that sufficient wood will be available to meet the growing demands for the next hundred years or so although the nature and quality of the material available will not be the same as at present. The importance of successful regeneration and renewal of forests, particularly in tropical areas, is emphasized in affecting the future for wood beyond that term. The competition from other materials has been considered for various usage categories. For structural uses the prospect is good; a number of factors indicate a growth in structural usage, and competition from other structural materials is not likely to be severe while supplies of adequate material are available. The use of timber for joinery, furniture, cladding and utility markets has been reduced in recent years, particularly as a result of developments in plastics technology. There is a need to develop products in which wood is combined with other materials to give the required properties. It is expected that the use of wood for decorative purposes will continue in high demand. The importance of developing new products, particularly utilizing the substantial amount of waste available, and of marketing wooden products which are more closely designed to meet consumer needs, is emphasized.

scholarly journals Public Accountability in Collaborative Governance: Lessons from Korean Community Centers

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-173
Author(s):  
Eun Jae Ho
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Incentive Systems ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Community Centers ◽  
And Performance

"Even the best governance and public administration systems can fail because of lack of accountability. This paper reviews the factors likely to affect the accountability of the collaborative governance system and suggests concrete measures to ensure accountability. As an empirical case of collaborative governance, 300 Korean community centers were sampled by region and by size. Exploratory Factor Analysis was conducted to identify the determinant factors for the accountability of collaborative governance. This analysis found the following factors to be the most important in ensuring accountability in a collaborative governance system: clarity of laws and regulations, representativeness of participants, transparency and democracy in the decision-making process, and performance management and incentive systems. The analysis also found that it is necessary to conceive different performance management and incentive systems for public and civil groups."

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